News

Is Technology Ready For Japan’s Holographic World Cup?

Tomorrow is the day Japan finds out if its promise of a fully holographic worldwide broadcast earns them the bid for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Can the country possibly deliver?


August 12, 2010
News

Landon Donovan Gets America’s FIFA Cover

Sure, I called it. Then again, any eight-year-old watching him bang home the winner in stoppage time of the US-Algeria match could tell you Landon Donovan would be making his third appearance on the cover of EA Sports’ FIFA series.


July 7, 2010

What Video Games Don’t Teach Us About Sports – But Should

EA Sports believes this is the year that soccer – or at least their version of it – will finally take over America. They are wrong, of course. This country’s knowledge gap won’t be closed by one Landon Donovan goal – or box cover.


July 3, 2010
In Real Life

Vuvuzela Hero In Action, In Our Nightmares

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I’ve seen Vuvzela Hero jokes for a while. Yes, the World Cup’s most annoying musical instrument could be merged with Guitar Hero. The results would be slightly more annoying to my neighbours. Let’s finally watch this fakery together and chortle.


July 1, 2010
In Real Life

You Can’t Escape The Vuvuzela, Even On The Wii

Quieting the obnoxious plastic horn in the Wii version of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa requires that you first win a game. In the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, vuvuzela volume is an audio menu option. Seen on Reddit.


June 30, 2010
In Real Life

Square Enix Honcho Calls World Cup Interview "Deplorable"

Last night, Japan played valiantly against Paraguay. The game was 0-0 after extra time causing the victor to be settled by penalty kicks. Paraguay make all its shots. Japan, however, did not.


June 28, 2010
In Real Life

One Of Games’ Greatest Songs, Defiled By The Vuvuzela

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Best part? If you go to the YouTube page, you can click that soccer ball and get TWICE the vuvuzela crapping all over “The Song of Storms,” from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.


June 27, 2010
News

Support Your World Cup Side In Uncharted 2 Multiplayer

Through July 12 – the day after the World Cup championship – Uncharted 2 players may choose from 16 different World Cup shirts for Drake and Flynn in multiplayer, one for each nation that advanced to the Cup’s knockout stage.


June 26, 2010
News

Regardless Of World Cup, EA Sports Predicts An American Triumph

Landon Donovan’s miracle goal on Wednesday did far more than propel the United States to the World Cup’s knockout stage. It’s made America the No. 1 soccer video game market on the planet.


June 25, 2010
In Real Life

The World Cup’s Winning Eleven

In The Land of the Rising Sun, Pro Evolution Soccer is known as Winning Eleven. Ironic, as the Japanese national team traditionally hasn’t been winning. Until recently, that is.